Nashville People in Business

Accounting

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain has added Kristen Mitchell in the accounting and assurance services department. She was an accountant at Carter Lankford.

Tonya Cherry, senior manager of accounting firm Rodefer Moss & Co., has been named a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Wilson County. Cherry works to guide juvenile abuse cases through the judicial system while providing continuity and support for the children.

Awards and Honors

A video created by Lipscomb University students won the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation's Gracie Award for Outstanding Public Service Announcement. The video, called "Guess Who? The Racecar Driver and the Pilot," was produced by Lipscomb communications juniors Jason Michael Fox, Kyrsten Turner, Marlee Vogel and Brynn Watkins and senior Kathryn McKinley.

William H. Tate has been awarded the 2013 Lexology Client Choice Award for Construction for Tennessee. Tate is the only construction attorney in Tennessee awarded this distinction and one of only eight nationwide.

Saint Thomas Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, marking the 12th time the hospital has earned this national distinction.

Dr. Marc Smith of Natchez Trace Veterinary Services and Dr. Casey Damron of White Oak Animal Hospital were honored with the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for the creation of Pet-Tao Pet Foods and their service in the field of alternative veterinary medicine.

Several members of Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received awards and honors. Dr. Haley Hoy, a lung transplant coordinator and acute-care nurse practitioner, received the 2013 Advanced Transplant Provider Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Dr. Fernando Polack, the Cesar Milstein Chair in Pediatrics, and Dr. Sten Vermund, Amos Christie Chair and director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, will be inducted into the American Pediatric Society. Dr. Tonia Rex, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, was named one of 10 winners of the National Institutes of Health competition.

Banking

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Guaranteed Rural Housing program presented its Premier Lender for 2012 award to F&M Bank. F&M Mortgage ranked seventh in the state for GRH loans to families with moderate household incomes, and fourth year-to-date for Tennessee Housing Development Agency loans.

Melissa Jones has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a service specialist in a Murfreesboro office. Jones brings eight years of experience from Regions Bank.

Wilson Bank & Trust has named Chad Lane manager of its Memorial Boulevard office and promoted Moises Feliz to assistant manager at N.W. Broad Street. Lane has worked in banking for more than eight years. Feliz has been with the bank for four years.

Education

Attorney and school alumnus David J. Callahan III of Callahan Witherington has joined Nashville School of Law's faculty. He is teaching third- and fourth-year students on probate and estate planning in the Wills course.

Engineering

Gresham, Smith and Partners has added Kevin Long as an engineer and Cecil "Buddy" Sherrill as a senior designer in the transportation division. Long has more than 12 years of experience and Sherrill has 30 years of experience in roadway design.

Alan B. Sullivan has joined Gresham, Smith and Partners as senior vice president of health care services. Sullivan has 30 years of experience in planning and designing health care facilities.

Groups

The following companies and individuals received awards from Associated General Contractors of Tennessee at the annual Build Tennessee Awards Program:

Rogers Group won the We Are Nashville award, Demo Plus won Educator of the Year, Thomas Miller & Partners won Architect of the Year and Lithko Contracting won Subcontractors of the Year. The Subcontractors Project Awards went to: Summit Constructors won the $0-$1 million category for Nashville Fire Department 31, Boulton Enterprises won Award of Merit for the less than $1 million category for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Lithko Contracting won the $1.1-$2 million category for Metro Nashville Fire Department Stations, HMA Contractors won Award of Merit for the $1.1-$2 million category for Amazon Fulfillment Center. Aerial Innovation won Supplier of the Year and Equipment Depot won Award of Merit. PBG Builders won the $0-$2.5 million project for Rolfe Alumni Hall at Meharry Medical College and Turner Construction Company won Award of Merit for Raytheon RMS Lab Build-Out. Turner Construction Company won the $2.51-$5 million project for Saint Thomas Hospital OR Renovations and PBG Builders won Award of Merit for Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Airport. PBG Builders won the $5.1-$10 million project for LP Field Fan Enhancements and Messer Construction won Award of Merit for West Police Precinct. Brasfield & Gorrie won the $10.1-$20 million project for The Ensworth School natatorium and PBG Builders won Award of Merit for 17 South Briar Hollow. Robins & Morton won $50 million-plus project for Porter Regional Hospital and Messer Construction won Award of Merit for MTSU Student Union. Hardaway Construction won the Renovation Project for Tennessee State Capitol and The Parent Company won Award of Merit for McGugin Center. The Parent Company won Sustainability Project for MBA and J&S Construction Company won Award of Merit for Stones River Manor Independent Living Facility. PBG Builders won 2012 General Contractor of the Year. John D. Stites II of J&S Construction won 2012 Skill, Integrity, Responsibility.

Young Leaders Council has announced its board of directors for 2013. The elected officers are Jill Robinson (director of executive learning and marketing at Center for Executive Education at Belmont University) as chairwoman, Jordan Waldron (marketing and public relations specialist at FirstBank) as secretary, Matt Hurley (manager at Deloitte & Touche) as treasurer and James Crumlin (member of Bone McAllester Norton) as immediate past chairman. Members are Josh Anderson (realtor at Keller Williams Realty), Susan Barkley (corporate director of management engineering at HCA), Tim Bewley (first vice president and commercial relationship manager at SunTrust Bank), Tatia Cummings (vice president at The Bank of Nashville), Jenean Davis (owner of JDavis Events Management), Robby Davis (commercial real estate broker at Cassidy Turley), Christy DiNapoli (vice president of music & entertainment division at Liquid Spins), Fiona Haulter (global corporate services program manager at CBRE), Dan Hogan (CEO at Medalogix), Shay Howard (broker at Zeitlin & Company Realtors), Nicole James (senior counsel at Direct General Corporation), Stephanie Salter (instructional designer at Genesco), Santi Tefel (assistant vice president of private banking at Avenue Bank) and Holley West (director of integration and retention and communications lead at Applied Health Analytics.)

The Entrepreneurs' Organization has announced its 2013-14 board of directors: Joe Freedman (founder of Music City Tents, Peachtree Tents, RFx Legal and American Legal Search) as president, Andy Bailey (entrepreneur coach at Petra Coach) as past president, Dan Hogan (CEO of Medalogix) as incoming president, Bryan Merville (president and director of sales at Beacon Technologies) as forum chair, Alan Young (CEO of Armor Concepts) as forum co-chair, John Kepley (CEO of teknetex inc) as membership chair, Jackson Miller (founder and CEO of Bizen and L2M) as membership co-chair, Jeff Turner (president of Turner Machine Co. and National Storm Shelters) as forum health/retention chair, Ben Hanback (president of The Hanback Group) as sponsorship chair, Bob Jacobs (managing partner at Equity Express) as sponsorship co-chair, Arnie Malham (founder and president of CJ Advertising) as learning chair, JT Terrell (founding partner of Music City Tents) as social chair, John Aron (president and CEO of The Pasta Shoppe) as finance chair, Eric Jackson (managing partner at Keystone Business Solutions) as communications chair, Bryan Ansley (CEO of FNB Merchants) as catalyst chair, Alex Tolbert (owner of Bernard Health) as catalyst co-chair, Chris Kincade (CEO of The Kincade Group) as member benefits/integration, Rebecca Donner (principal of Inner Design Studio) as spousal forum, David Box (principal and co-founder at Trinisys) as at-large/forum Olympics, Tim Ozgener (president of Ozgener Ventures) as at-large/community, Debbie Gordon (president and CEO of S3 Surplus Management) as At-Large/Membership and Charles May (principal at bytes of knowledge) as at-large/mentorship.

Health care

Hal Andrews has been named CEO of nTelagent, providing point-of-service solutions for managing accounts receivable. Andrews has more than two decades of experience founding, leading and growing a diverse set of health care businesses.

TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center has opened a new four-bed Sleep Center.

Dr. Karen Rhea, chief medical officer at Centerstone, has been named a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Rhea also is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Law

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart has promoted Chris Mixon to general counsel and added Sarah Henry Akin, formerly in-house counsel with FedEx, as assistant general counsel, satisfying the role previously held by Mixon.